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APPLICATION r|LED1uNE16,|913.

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CIGAR MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE I6. 1913.`

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CIGAR MACHINE.

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To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, HARRY S. MARSH, a citizen of the United Stat, residing at Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cigar-Machines, of which the following is a specification. l

rlhis invention relates to anv improvement in cigar machines.

The machine selected to illustrate the invention is intended for use in the manufacture of what is known as Toscani. cigars. These cigars are made .up of a charge of long filler tobacco inclosedV in a vspirally Wound wrapper wellv covered ywith paste y so that the entire wrapper is pasted to the filler. The cigars are then fermented. No

bunch forming mechanism is used and. no. binder 1s employed 1n making a Toscani cigar. `Usually thecigar is made ofdouble length and is afterward cut into two indi 'vidual cigars.

The main object of the present invention is the production of a machine capable of making this.typeof cigar.

@ther objects are the production of mechanisms capable of performing the necessary functions in the manufacture of a Toscani.

machine constructed' in accordance with theinvention. Figs. 2 and 3 are respectively side elevation and plan view of the machine Y shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4: is a detail viewl upon an enlarged scale showing the mechanism for feeding iller in a` massl and the means forl separating from said mass a charge of filler suiicient for one cigar., Fig. 5 is a detail view of the charge separating mechanism.` Fig. 6 is a Iplan view ofthel filler feed and separating mechanism togethcr with. the mea-ns for compressing the charge after separation.l Fig. 7 1s a crosso specification of Letters Patent. 'Patented Jun@ 27 916 Application mea June is, 1913. serial' No. 773,926.

sectional detail view of the filler feeding mechanism taken on the line 7 in Fig. 3.

Fig. 8 is a detail plan view of a portion of the feed 'mechanism .and of an elevator by means of which a separated charge is delivered from the feed mechanism to the compressing mechanism. Figs 9 and 10 feed mechanism and ythe elevator for'transferring a charge from the feed mechanism to the compressing mechanism. Fig. 11 is an enlarged plan view of the compressing mechanism. Fig. 12 is a cross-sectional View of the compressing mechanism. Figs. .13 and 14 are detail views illustrating the method of transferring compressed charges from the compressing mechanism to a wrapping mechanism. Fig. 15 is a detail 'plan view showing the cutting bed. where the wrapper is cut, the wrapping mechanism and the means for transferring a cut vwrapper from the cutting bed to-the wrapping mechanism. Fig. 16 is a side elevation of the mechanism shown in Fig. 15 and illustrating the connections whereby suction is employed in transferring a wrapper from the cutting bed to the wrapping mecha nism. Figs. 17 and 18 are respectively plan and elevation of a series of valves for ycontrolling Ythe suction in the various parts of the machine. Fig. 19 is a. plan view of a cutting bed and'its cooperating parts. Fig. 20 is a sectional plan view taken on the line 20 in Fig. Q1. Fig. 21 is a sectional side elevation of a. cutting bed and its cooperating mechanism.l Fig. 9.2 is a detail view showing the method of mounting the wrapper cutting rolls. Fig. 23 is a detail plan view illustrating the wrapping mech 'anisrn and the means ifor' delivering a wrapped bunch therefrom. And Fig. 2li is a side elevation ofthe. structure shown y In carrving the invention into effect there is Iprovided a traveling membersupporting and forwarding a mass of iller, and means cooperating withsaid memberat a position between its ends for separating a charge from the iller'mass while resting upon said member. There is further provided antomatically operating means cooperating with the traveling member for indicating the quantity of filler mass on said member.

There is 'further provided means for mov ing the separated charge from the traveling. member, means for :moving the separated charge from one plane to another', means for insertingthe charge so moved in a c0mpressing devi-ce, means for compressing the charge in said compressing device, a 'Wrapping mechanism, means whereby the charge is delivered from the compressing mechanisrn to the Wrapping mechanism, a Wrapper cutting device, means' for transferring a Wrapoer from said Wrapper. cutting -device and presenting .it to the Wrapping mechanisin, means tor delivering a Wrapped charge or cigar from the Wrapping mechanisrn, one means for trimming the ends oi the cigar While in 'transit -from the Wrapping mechanism, v

Y ln the best constrnctionsn the' means for separating a charge 'from the filler mass includes a reciprocating knife cooperating with a belt acting as forwarding rneans'ior the liller mass endf'alsc acting in conjunction with the knife as a charge separating means'. ln the best constructions eiso means are provided :for cleaningv the lrnile after each operation. 2in the leest constructions also the means ior transferring a separated charge lfrom one plane te another is an elevator to which the charge is delivered from the feedper so 'that the entire Wrapper Will be pasted to the charge of iilier. f

.All of the above means end mechanisms may be vertrie in construction Within vvide limits. The machine selected to illustrate invention is but one ci many possible concrete embodiments ci the' invention. it is therefore to loe understood that the invention is not to loe restricted to the precise details of the 'ni-schine illustrated and flescrilcerl.

.Referring to the dmv/ings l indicates the :trarneo the machine constructed in e manner well knows mecl'ianicsgenerally ami neeing no more rleteiied rlescription. The treme l supports a tray 2 sdapterl 'to heir?. a quantity ci ller tobacco. Adjacent the side oit this tray is a metallic loelt 3 run-- over driving? pulley l moon-ted on a shaft "llie belt aise runs over an idle pulley fast-.on a; slxaiit Whichsiiait is jonrnaled in bracket 8 )provided with 'belt tightening mechanism of a 'Well known cliarscter including the screw 9. At ailier cent siffle of the'trav 2 the' beit B runs over'idle rollers 'i0 suitably snp- Lise-eee ported by the trarne of the machine. 'The function of these rollers is to resist the downward thrust exerted by 'the operator 'when packing liller tobacco on thel belt 3. Running along that portion ci the belt 3 in front of the tray 2 are tvvo oppositely disposed belts il which run over pulleys 12 and pulleys 13. The pl-illevsV 12 are mounted on shafts 14 which shafts carri/,spiral gears 15 in mesh with spiral gears 16" tast upon a shai't l? suitably mounted in the frame of the machine. The sha-tt 17 carries a sprocket 18 over which runs a chain 19. The chain i9 also runs over a sprocket 2() fast on the shaft 5 before referred to. 'By this mechanism the vbelts il derive their motion from Ithe same source asjtlie belt 3. The lshaft 5 which drives the belts 3 anfl ill-11, carries a sprocket 21 over which runs a chain 22.

This chain 2@ also runs over a larger sprocket 23 fast on a short shaft mounted in beerings 24 (see Fig. l). This 'shaft also carries a ratchet 25 enfl supports a bellcranl; lever 26. @ne end oi the beltcran'lr lever 52,6 carries a pawl 2?, erlaptel for engagement with the ratchet. Tire other end of the bell-crank lever 26 is provided 'with a niversal joint 28. 'This universal joint connects it with en eccentric roel 229, the lower eno-l oi' which cooperates with an eccentric 30 fast 'upon a shaft 3l which is the main cam shaft of theme-chine. Mounted over the belt 3, at a point just beyond the tray '2 is a bar anti upon this loer is mounted a bell-erank lever SAB-Bel 'The arm 33 of the bell-crank' lever carries e roller 535 'which overrides the tobacco lying upon the belt. @onnecte 'to ,the arm oi the belLcrenl/r lever is 'a spring 35 which is also connected. to a post i' secured to of the machine. The function of @this sprin'is to Aliclrl 'the roller 35 down upon the tov ecco lying Aupon tire belt 3. The arm 35 iurther carries a scraper 38, 'the :free end of 'which is .lielfl to the periphery of the roller 35 Toy irieans or" a spring 39 secured thereto end to a post in the ann 33. ,It the tobacco placed 'upon Vthe traveling belt 3 variesin quantity, the roller 35 will be raised or lowered; and this will iarodrzcev a lsterel .movement of the arm 34. The arm 3e 'terminates at its 'upper enel in pointer Il@ 'which swings across stationary plete el having a central'rnarlr i2 `toa indicating the proper eeentity oit tobacco. AThe pointer el) end .mark l2 are in position to be readily seen by the operator so tiret the operator can teli Whether or riot lie is feeding the proper quantity of tobacco.

vfrom the mass oi filler iorwarderl by tlie beit f3 a charge sufficient fior one cigar is sepvereteoi.,I it will ice readilyv understood that the ends o?. the leaves ci 'which the Stiller mass is composed overiie in irregular ferreation end that it cannot be foreseen Where the 'will come in seperatim' ser@ a charge 'from i making it too soft atthe end. To prevent this, in the' present machine, thev charge is forwarding belt and the'belt itself constitutes a part of the charge separating lmechanism, the coperating -cutting member being operative at a positionbetween the ends of the belt.l To support the belt at this po-l sition there is provided a bar 43 supported by the frame of the machine and underlying the upper 'or-Yoperative'run Aof the belt 3. This bar runs diagonally across `the belt (see Figs. 4,5 and 8). Over the Ybelt and the bar 43 isa knife 44. This knife is vpivoted at 45 to la slide 46 suitably mounted in a bracket 47 rising from the main frame of the machine. The slide'46 hasat its upperend a laterally projecting head 48 and in this head is mounted a vertically slidable rod 49. The rod'49 carries a fork 50 below the head 48, and above the head-48 the rod car-v ries adjusting nuts 51. `Coiled :around the rod 49 between the head 48- and the nuts 51 is a compression spring 52, the function of this spring being to hold the parts just described in the relative positions shown in Fig. 4. The fork 50 is pivotally -connected to one endv of a lever 53 mounted on a bar 54 carried by brackets 55 rising from the main frame of the machine. The other end of the lever 53 is connected by means of an adjustable connecting rod 56 with one arm of a bell-crank cam lever 57 journaled upon a .bar 58 extending across one side of the v machine. The other arm of the cam vlever 57 carries a bowl 59tracking in a oove in a cam disk 60 mounted upon the s aft 31 be fore referred to. The cam groove is shaped to produce a downward movement of the fork 50 and rod 49 at the time when it is desired to separate a charge from the mass of filler lying on the belt 3. Through the agency of the .spring 52 this downward ymovement of the rod 49- also moves the slide '46 downward with a yielding pressure, and

this in-turn moves the knife 44 downward through the mass of filler to the belt 3 immediately over the belt supporting bar. 43.

The pivotal connection between the knife 44 and the slide 46 allows the .knife to automatically operate .so that its edgewill find a position parallel to the surface of the belt 3 if' for an reason ithas. not been ground true, or if or any reason the surface of the belt 31's not in exact parallel relation with the cutting edge ofthe knife 44. It is ob?A vious that the slide and knife will yield against the action of the spring 52 inthe event of any hard forelgn substance accidentally getting under the knife and that this will prevent -any breakagel of the parts in suchevent.

After a cutting operation, some of the gummy juices eXuding from the tobacco will adhere to the edge of the knife' and means are provided for cleaning the knifeA after each cutting operation. This means is illustrated inFigs. 4 and 5. With this end in viewthe ,lower head of thes'lide 46 is yprovided with a vertical aperturein which is .slidably mounted a plunger 61. Pivoted'to the lower end of this plunger isv abar 62 carrying a sheet metal wiper 63. This wiper normally occupies vthe position shown in Figs. 4 and 5. The plunger is held inthe position to which it. is moved by means of a friction brake of` well-known character and shown in section at 64 'in Fig. 4. This brake ismounted vin a bracket '65 suitably supported from thebracket v47 before referred to. At a pointl below this bracket above the head of the, slide 46, a short laterally projecting arm 66 is pinned to the plunger 61v and-.upon'the end of this arm is pivoted 'a rod .67 extending through a suitable aperture in the wiper 63. A spring 68 is coiled around the rod 67 and bears against the arm 66 ,and against the rear side ofthe wiper 63. This spring normally holds the wiper in the position shown in Fig. .5. When the*` knife 44 begins t'o move down, the head of the slide 46 slides along the' plunger .61 which, at this time, is held stationary by means of the brake 64.' As theknife moves down, it rocks the wiper 63 against the action of the spring 68 and when the head of wstood that the charge is severed from the mass of' iller'while the same isl fully sup.- ported by the forwarding lbelt 3', and that no small pieces -which may be producedby the cutting or separating action of the knife and belt can fall from proper position.-

After a charge has been severed from the 'mass of filler it'. is removed from the belt;

.and while in certain constructions this removal might be effected in other ways, in the device selected .t'o illustrate the invention, it is pushed sidewisev from the -belt into an elevator which removes it from the plane of the operating surface of the belt to another plane lower down. To effect this result there is provided a plunger 69- (see Figs. 9 and 1Q) mounted upon the end of a slide 70 which reciprocates in the bracket 71 rising 

